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Nuclear commission approves Pickering plant extension to 2026
TORONTO - The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says it has approved a short extension to operate the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station until the end of 2026. Ontario Power Generation was previous...
Oct 11, 2024
Prince Edward Island reports $14.8-million deficit in fiscal 2023-24
CHARLOTTETOWN - The government of Prince Edward Island is reporting a deficit of $14.8 million for the 2023-24 fiscal year ending March 31. The figure is $82.8 million smaller than the $97.6-million d...
Oct 11, 2024
Changes now in effect to allow more kids in Manitoba to be kept in care of families
WINNIPEG - Changes to Manitoba's child welfare system aimed at keeping more families together are now in effect. The province has put in place a system that will allow kids to stay out of child welfar...
Oct 11, 2024
Sask. NDP releases entire platform addressing health, schools, economy
SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck has put her entire platform to voters before the Oct. 28 election. Beck says her plan offers change that is needed to help Saskatchewan...
Oct 11, 2024 On Friday, Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck released her party's full platform ahead of the provincial election. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
N.B. election: Liberals promise full coverage for one round of in vitro fertilization
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to cover the cost of one round of in vitro fertilization treatment for people trying to start a family. Leader Susan Holt told a news conference Fr...
Oct 11, 2024
Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe promises to not hike small business tax
KENASTON, Sask. - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he won't hike the small business tax if re-elected premier on Oct. 28. Moe says the tax would remain at one per cent, rather than return to t...
Oct 11, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP set to release full election platform
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck is expected to release her full election campaign platform today. Beck is set to be in Saskatoon this morning. READ MORE: SASK VOTES 2024: Workers needed to build up...
Oct 11, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck says the positions would be filled by staff in areas that are of highest need. (Canadian Press files)
Trudeau touts progress on pharmacare, calls on premiers to cut deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on provinces and territories to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible, now that the federal legislation to enact the program has beco...
Oct 11, 2024
As ASEAN Summit wraps, Trudeau says Canada needs to keep showing up in Southeast Asia
VIENTIANE - Canada needs to keep up its presence in Southeast Asia if it wants to benefit from the region's economic boom, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday as he wrapped up his visit to La...
Oct 11, 2024
Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to judge his party's candidates as he stood by a pair whose remarks on Indigenous and Muslim people drew condemnation fro...
Oct 11, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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